"Sing me a song." Wang Xiao simply pulled down the face towel and sat on the Dan steps to chat with Yu Ji.

Yu Ji looked at him with big eyes flashing, pursed the corners of her mouth and sang softly the slang of her hometown.

In the empty hall, the crisp singing slowly flowed.

Wang Xiao squinted his eyes, his body kept shaking with the singing, and he felt very engrossed.

I don't know how long it was, but there were footsteps outside. Yu Ji's singing stopped abruptly.

The door of the temple was pushed open, and several attendants of the night patrol walked in with lanterns.

"What to sing on the big night." The chief attendant shouted, "Want to attract His Majesty's attention by singing? Don't dream, this kind of thing has been done before. Do you know where those people have gone? They were all sent to do laundry. Honestly watch the night, and then send you to do the laundry. ”

There are many people in Afang Palace, and there are at least tens of thousands of palace maids.

There was no such thing as a washing machine these days, and the laundry was all done by hand.

In the summer, it's better to talk about it, at most, it's tiring from morning to night. But in the winter, washing clothes for so many people is a fatal thing.

Not to mention anything else, soaking your hands in cold water will inevitably end up freezing and cracking.

Therefore, those who are assigned to the court are better than death.

Yu Ji looked to the side nervously, but found that Wang Xiao was gone.

"Yes, slave knows." Yu Ji bowed quietly.

The chamberlain looked left and right, snorted, and led the people away with the lantern.

Yu Ji patted her mouth carefully, and sat back with both fear and excitement.

"Will he still come?"

In this icy palace, the boring life of day after day feels no different than imprisonment.

It is rare to have something beyond the past, which is indeed very exciting and attractive for the young Yu Ji.

Wang Xiao first went to the Jinkui Stone Room and swam in the ocean of literature and couldn't extricate himself.

watched until it was about to dawn, and then reluctantly left.

He had already found out where Zulong worked, so he easily found it.

At this time, Zulong had already finished his official duties and left to rest, and the defense force on this side was also greatly weakened.

Wang Xiao dodged the guards and quietly infiltrated Zu Long's office.

There are countless candles and oil lamps lit here all year round, and when Wang Xiao came in, it was still as bright as day.

Glancing at a few dozing attendants in the corner, Wang Xiao placed the wooden globe on Zu Long's table.

Turning out a silk book, Wang Xiao picked up a pen and wrote on it, 'On the tenth day of the seventh month of the seventh month of the ugly year, Lu Xiaobu of Qingcheng Mountain visited here. ’

Looking at his masterpiece with satisfaction, Wang Xiao quietly got up and left.

At dawn, Wang Xiao had already returned to his house in Xianyang City, yawning and pulling up the quilt to sleep.

But here in Afang Palace, it is already a mess.

No one dared to flip Zu Long's desk, not even to get close.

The chamberlain intervenes in politics, or delivers news or something. There is only one dead end here in Zulong.

So even if the cleaning attendant saw something on the table, no one dared to approach.

When the diligent Zulong came over early to start a new day's work, he saw the silk book on the table at a glance.

"Lu Xiaobu, interesting. The handwriting is quite neat. ”

After sitting down, Zu Long saw the globe on the desk.

The probe went over to take a closer look, but was stunned to find that the Great Qin on it was actually so small.

"How is that possible?"

A round of searches was set off again in the palace. The armor-clad Great Qin Armor soldiers carefully searched every corner.

Although they all knew that Lu Xiaobu had already fled, they still had to do the search.

This is Daqin's system, and everyone is set in their respective positions like screws.

Everything has its own rules, and the guards must search the palace according to the rules.

Yu Ji was a little flustered when she was questioned, but fortunately she knew that she had to be calm at this time, otherwise the end would be extremely miserable.

After coping with the inquiry, Yu Ji returned to her place of residence and was shocked.

But at the same time of shock and fear, there was a faint hint of excitement in my heart, and at the same time, I began to think about the next day when I was on duty.

According to Qin's law, the few attendants who guarded Zu Long's place of work the night before must have their heads cut off.

After all, there were assassins infiltrating here, and they didn't even notice it. Not only did he have to die, but he also had to affect his family.

However, what was surprising was that Zulong, who had always been strict, did not punish them this time. It's just a matter of driving away a group of people.

As for the reason, of course, it is not that Zulong, who advocates Legalism, switched to Confucianism. Rather, it was because of the great joy that the globe brought him.

He didn't know whether the map on Earth was carved or not, or why it was carved into a ball.

But Zulong was willing to try, willing to believe that everything on the map was real.

Without an opponent, Daqin needs an opponent, otherwise the military merit and celebrity system will collapse. This is the foundation and guarantee for the existence of Great Qin.

Moreover, the ancestral dragon is bent on sweeping the world and ruling all the places that can be reached by footsteps.

Originally, he thought he had done it, but after seeing the globe, he felt that he was still far behind.

At this moment, Zu Long was looking forward to the release of the elixir.

Because only by taking the elixir could he have time to plant the Black Dragon Banner of Great Qin in all the places marked on the globe.

Wang Xiao slept until the afternoon.

After getting up, he had dinner with Lu Su, who served him to wash, and then went to the shop in the city.

Walking down the street, you can see the crowds of people on the side of the store from a distance, directly surrounding the outside of the originally small shop.

The small shop was full of customers, but most of them didn't come to eat the stir-fried dishes that Gao wanted to make, they came to buy alcohol.

There are many nobles in Xianyang City, and each one is richer than the other.

They like the singers of Zhao Di, they like fine food, and they like spicy spirits.

As soon as the reputation of distilled spirits came out, it was immediately full of customers. The servants of various nobles came to buy them with a large amount of money and goods.

Wang Xiao took Lu Su to squeeze through the crowd to the store, and found Lu Pheasant, who was sweating profusely and was busy settling accounts and collecting money, "Get me a sum of money." ”

Lu Pheasant wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, "What to do?" ”

Wang Xiao looked around the bustling store, "Make a more profitable technology tree than this." ”

"How much?"

"Take as much as you want, and the upfront investment is relatively large."

Lu Pheasant gritted his teeth angrily. finally made some money, Wang Xiao actually wanted to take it all, how to live a lavish life.

But because of the success of distilled spirits, and because men are the pillars of this era. Lu Pheasant can't help but give.

When Wang Xiao took the money and left, Lu Pheasant gritted his silver teeth and ran to the back kitchen to find Gao Yao.

In this store, Gao Yao also has a part.

After dark, Gao Yao, who had been eating and staying in the store all this time, ran back angrily.

"You took all the money? I also have a share, I also want money to talk to my sister about the landlord! ”

Gao Yao felt very aggrieved, he worked hard, and Wang Xiao was idle all day long with his sister wandering around. In the end, he didn't even give him a penny, how can people bear it.

Faced with the angry high demand, Wang Xiao first poured him a cup of honey water to extinguish the fire.

When he was about to finish drinking the honey water, he smiled and said, "How long do you think our distilled spirits can be sold?" ”

Gao looked at him puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”

"This is Xianyang City, where countless Qin nobles lived. Our distilled spirits are so profitable, there will be a day when those people will look at them. What do you say to do then? ”

"Is there any royal law? Why! Gao Yao was anxious when he heard it, this is a means of making money that he has worked so hard to get out.

"Wang Fa? Are you talking about the royal law with the nobles of Great Qin in this era? They will let you know what Great Qin's royal law is like. ”

Gao Yao was very angry, but as a modern person who crossed over from the modern world, he also knew that what Wang Xiao said was not wrong at all.

Their current status is just businessmen, and they have no power to resist in the face of military nobles.

"So what does that have to do with you taking all the money away?" Gao Yao's anger also fell. But I still don't understand why Wang Xiao wants to take all the money.

"You're stupid." Wang Xiao directed him: "There are two of these things, and there are two of them, and there are two and three." Therefore, we have to find a reliable backer for our business. ”

"Oh, I see. You're going to get money to find a backer. ”

"No, I'm going to take the money to make paper."

Wang Xiao explained, "In this Great Qin Realm, what kind of backer can be thicker than the thighs of the ancestral dragon? Li Si or Wang Qian? Zulong has to approve hundreds of pounds of bamboo slips a day, and we have made papermaking skills for him, and we will definitely get rich rewards and protection. At that time, you can earn as much as you want. ”

Gao Yao laughed stupidly, "Yes, you're right. When the time comes, I will open a chain of liquor stores all over Daqin. How about calling it a Gaoyi chain hotel? ”

"Don't." Wang Xiao waved his hand directly, "I'm not interested in this, just call Gao's Wine Shop." ”

To be honest, the technology of papermaking is not that difficult. It's just that the upfront investment is a bit big.

First of all, you have to have a workshop, and if you want to get a large workshop in Xianyang City, that's a lot of money.

Therefore, Wang Xiao, who was short of funds, had to choose the workshop outside the city.

Then you have to have a lot of people, because paper is a typically labor-intensive industry. A large number of people are required to operate the individual steps.

In the end, you have to buy tools and buy a lot of raw materials.

There are many raw materials for papermaking, such as bamboo bark, hemp fishing nets and so on.

However, the bamboo bark is okay, just take the craftsmen to the Qinling Mountains to cut it.

But hemp and fishing nets are very expensive. Linen can be used directly as currency, while fishing nets have always been very expensive.

The money Wang Xiao took was only enough for the initial investment. The profits in the follow-up liquor store were basically taken away by him.

But soon, Wang Xiao doesn't need to worry about not having enough money.

Because a big man took a fancy to his family's brewing technology, he sent someone to discuss the purchase.

As for who this big man is, I learned from the mouth of the servant that it was the famous Prime Minister Li Si of Great Qin.